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A2.2·pop · rock·4:17

Counting Stars

OneRepublic · 2013

Counting Stars by OneRepublic (2013) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Counting Stars - OneRepublic
  • Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
  • Dreaming about the things that we could be
  • But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard

Echo the hook

  • Take that money, watch it burn
  • Sink in the river the lessons I've learned
  • Take that money, watch it burn
  • Sink in the river the lessons I've learned
i'vecountingwe'll

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Counting- OneRepublic

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But baby, I've been, I've beenhard

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And in my face issigns

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I feelso right, doing the wrong thing

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Down thisevery turn

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Everything thatme makes me wanna fly

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I see this life, like a swinging vine

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Young, but I'm not that bold

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

On just doing what we're told

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Counting ? - OneRepublic

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, ? be counting stars

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And I ? think the world is sold

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But baby, I've been, I've been ? hard

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And I don't ? the world is sold

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "i've" in the whole song?

"i've"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "counting" in the whole song?

"counting"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Counting Stars - OneRepublic
  • Dreaming about the things we could be
  • Take that money, watch it burn

Exercise 25

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Counting Stars", what would happen instead?

i'vecountingwe'llburn

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Counting Stars" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

i'vecountingwe'llburn

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Counting Stars" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

i'vecountingwe'llburn

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • we'll→
  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • we're→
  • couldn't→

Exercise 29

"Counting Stars" was released in 2013. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

i'vecountingwe'llburn

Exercise 30

If you could ask OneRepublic one question about "Counting Stars", what would it be and why?

i'vecountingwe'llburn